- 樹木 — trees
- 果樹 — fruit tree
- 植樹 — tree planting
- 風樹 — “wind and tree” (filial piety metaphor)
- 樹立 — establishment
樹 is a semantic–phonetic compound: the radical 木 (tree) plus the phonetic 尌 (ジュ, “to stand/establish”). It evokes planting or setting something upright and firm—like a tree taking root—hence “to establish.”
公園で 樹木の手入れをしています。
They're maintaining the trees in the park.
新しい制度を 樹立する。
To establish a new system.